- 1. When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
A) 1820
B) 1863
C) 1776
D) 1900
- 2. Who was the President of the United States when slavery was abolished?
A) George Washington
B) Andrew Jackson
C) Thomas Jefferson
D) Abraham Lincoln
- 3. Which amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially abolished slavery?
A) 13th Amendment
B) 10th Amendment
C) 2nd Amendment
D) 18th Amendment
- 4. Who was a prominent leader in the abolitionist movement?
A) Andrew Johnson
B) Frederick Douglass
C) Alexander Hamilton
D) John Quincy Adams
- 5. Which state was the first to abolish slavery?
A) Georgia
B) Alabama
C) South Carolina
D) Vermont
- 6. What was the name of the network that helped enslaved individuals escape to freedom?
A) Aboveboard Bridge
B) Overground Highway
C) Underground Railroad
D) Submarine Pathway
- 7. Who wrote the famous novel 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' that raised awareness about the cruelties of slavery?
A) Nathaniel Hawthorne
B) Mark Twain
C) Harriet Beecher Stowe
D) Emily Dickinson
- 8. In what year did the 13th Amendment officially abolish slavery?
A) 1901
B) 1865
C) 1776
D) 1832
- 9. What was the name of the movement that aimed to end slavery in the United States?
A) Abolitionist Movement
B) Secessionist Quest
C) Separatist Campaign
D) Unionist Pursuit
- 10. Who was the first African American to be elected to the U.S. Senate?
A) Hiram Rhodes Revels
B) Harriet Tubman
C) Frederick Douglass
D) Booker T. Washington
- 11. What was the name of the court case that declared slavery unconstitutional in the United States?
A) Plessy v. Ferguson
B) Dred Scott v. Sandford
C) Marbury v. Madison
D) Brown v. Board of Education
- 12. Which abolitionist helped lead the raid on Harper's Ferry in an attempt to incite a slave revolt?
A) William Lloyd Garrison
B) Harriet Beecher Stowe
C) John Brown
D) Susan B. Anthony
- 13. What was the name of the document that formally abolished slavery in the Confederacy during the Civil War?
A) Declaration of Independence
B) Bill of Rights
C) Emancipation Proclamation
D) Magna Carta
- 14. Who was known as the 'Moses of her People' for her work in helping enslaved individuals escape to freedom?
A) Ida B. Wells
B) Mary Church Terrell
C) Sojourner Truth
D) Harriet Tubman
- 15. Who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?
A) Lee Harvey Oswald
B) Charles Guiteau
C) Leon Czolgosz
D) John Wilkes Booth
- 16. What was the name of the ship that was famously taken over by enslaved Africans in 1839?
A) Mayflower
B) Santa Maria
C) Titanic
D) Amistad
- 17. Who was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
A) Stonewall Jackson
B) Robert E. Lee
C) Ulysses S. Grant
D) Jefferson Davis
- 18. Which state was the last to abolish slavery?
A) Massachusetts
B) New York
C) Mississippi
D) Texas
- 19. Who co-founded the American Anti-Slavery Society in 1833?
A) William Lloyd Garrison
B) Sojourner Truth
C) Harriet Tubman
D) Frederick Douglass
- 20. Who was the Confederate Vice President known for his staunch defense of slavery and secession?
A) Robert E. Lee
B) Alexander H. Stephens
C) Jefferson Davis
D) Nathan Bedford Forrest
- 21. Which state became the first to secede from the Union in 1860, leading to the Civil War?
A) Georgia
B) Mississippi
C) South Carolina
D) Texas
- 22. Which political party formed in the 1850s on an anti-slavery platform, ultimately leading to the election of Abraham Lincoln?
A) Know-Nothing Party
B) Whig Party
C) Democratic Party
D) Republican Party
- 23. Which famous document declared that 'all men are created equal' and was among the earliest efforts to abolish slavery?
A) Albany Plan of Union
B) Emancipation Proclamation
C) Declaration of Independence
D) Gettysburg Address
- 24. Who was the general known for his devastating 'March to the Sea' campaign, bringing the Civil War to the civilians of Georgia and the Carolinas?
A) Ulysses S. Grant
B) Stonewall Jackson
C) Robert E. Lee
D) William Tecumseh Sherman
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